Wishing Spring Gallery hosts a vast variety of fine art and handmade crafts, created and sold by members of the Village Art Club, Inc., making the Gallery a truly valuable asset to the shopper, the artist and the community.  To better reflect that, the gallery has adopted a new slogan:

Your Gift Destination!

Thanks to the new Walgreens and Lowes  on US Hwy 71, the Gallery, "Your new Gift Destination," is now in a highly visibility area at the intersection of US Hwy. 71 and Co.Rd. 40/McNelly Rd. in Bella Vista, Arkansas, next to Walgreens.

The Wishing Spring Art & Craft Gallery is sponsored by the Village Art Club, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, funding art and art education.  

A BIT OF GALLERY HISTORY

Metamorphosis - a transformation.  More then a transformation, it's a coming into being of something new and often wonderful!

In 1982 the Village Art Club entered into a lease agreement with Cooper Communities to lease an old native oak and stone barn.  The barn, located on County Road 40, just a couple blocks east of Hwy 71 (behind the new Walgreen's Pharmacy), had a long and varied history.  Originally built in 1941, it began life as a dairy barn, and through the years was used to house not only cattle, but also buffalo.  

The metamorphosis from neglected cattle barn to Wishing Spring Gallery was not an easy one.  Two years, a goodly amount of finance (much of it donated), and countless hours of labor by visionary dedicated volunteers, helped the old barn complete it's new birth!  Today, in place of livestock and farm equipment, this graceful old barn houses fine arts and crafts created with loving detail by member's of the Village Art Club.  

The Gallery is open to the public from Mid-March through Mid-December.  Artists who exhibit at the gallery are active members of The Village Art Club and give of their time to man the Gallery during open hours.  Artists who exhibit their work for sale at the Gallery must meet special standards and qualifications, assuring the quality of the fine arts and crafts exhibited at the Gallery, as well as commitment of the participants to the Village Art Club.

In 1999 the Cooper family made a generous donation of the Gallery and surrounding five acres to the Village Art Club.

We welcome you to the Gallery.  We are proud of the transformation that took place in the old barn, thanks to the hard work of forward looking volunteers.  We are even more proud of the quality of work offered to the public by the exhibiting artists!  

AN INTERESTING BIT OF RECENT HISTORY

Click on the image below to see a video of the near flood of April 2011 which came within
a few feet of flooding both the gallery and the studio.  Another day of heavy rain and damage
would have been quite extensive.  Fortunately we were spared as the next day the sun was out!